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  1. Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · August 26, 2020

    Dempster v. Lamorak Insurance Co. (2020)

    The family of Callen Dempster sued Avondale shipyard, its officers' insurers and other companies. Mr. Dempster worked at Avondale from 1962 to 1994 and developed asbestos-related lung cancer. He died in 2018. In the early 1990s, while he had…

  2. Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · March 23, 2018 · in the opinion

    Leech v. 3M Company (2018)

    …Martin James Dempsey, Jr., Cosmich Simmons & Brown, PLLC. CBS Corporation, Successor by Merger to CBS, Corp a Pennsylvania Corp. & General Electric Company, Defendants, represented by John Joseph Hainkel, III, Frilot L.L.C., Angela M. Bowlin…

  3. Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · November 10, 2015 · in the opinion

    Poche v. Eagle, Inc. (2015)

    …is GRANTED, and Plaintiffs' request for attorneys' fees is DENIED. \[1\] Defendants General Electric Company and CBS Corporation settled with Plaintiffs but have not been dismissed from the suit because the settlement has not been consummated. …

  4. Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · August 4, 2015 · in the opinion

    Vedros v. Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc. (2015)

    …cause of his mesothelioma. The Court agrees that this "is not an acceptable approach for a causation expert to take\[,\]" and it is "precisely the kind of testimony the Supreme Court in General Electric Co. v…

  5. Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · September 29, 2017 · in the opinion

    Leech v. 3M Company (2017)

    …Eagan, Frilot L.L.C., Magali Ann Puente-Martin, Frilot L.L.C. & Peter R. Tafaro, Frilot L.L.C.. General Electric Company, Defendant, represented by John Joseph Hainkel, III, Frilot L.L.C., Angela M…

  6. Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · March 12, 2003 · in the opinion

    Breaux v. Avondale Industries, Inc. (2003)

    …Inc.; Taylor-Seidenbach, Inc.; Hopeman Brothers, Inc.; and Western Electric Corporation (now Viacom, Inc.) for damages allegedly sustained as a result of Mr. Breaux's exposure to asbestos. Plaintiffs allege their damages, including Mr. Breaux's…

  7. Court case · Illinois Supreme Court · March 22, 2012 · in the opinion

    Simpkins v. CSX Transp., Inc. (2012)

    …a matter of law. See, e.g., Martin v. Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co., 561 F.3d 439, 445 (6th Cir.2009); In re Certified Question From the Fourteenth District Court of Appeals of Texas, 479 Mich…

  8. Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · May 31, 2006 · in the opinion

    Thomas v. AP Green Industries, Inc. (2006)

    …Inc. ("ELI"), formerly known as Louisiana Power & Light Company ("LP & L"). ELI was sued in its capacity as owner of Waterford Steam Electric Station — Units 1, 2, and 3 located in Taft, Louisiana ("Waterford 1 & 2…

  9. Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · November 2, 2018

    Fagot v. Dow Chemical Company (2018)

    …employers, contractors and premises owners, claiming he developed mesothelioma from asbestos exposure while working as a pipefitter/welder. Turner was a general contractor at Honeywell's Geismar, Louisiana facility. Fagot settled his claims against Honeywell. Honeywell…

  10. Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · September 16, 2013

    Watts v. Georgia-Pacific Corp. (2013)

    …fault law a proven co-obligor's virile share reduces the recoverable award. Awards of general damages are not disturbed absent an abuse of the jury's great discretion. Statute of Limitations; Employer and Contractor Liability…

  11. Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · February 15, 2023

    Stauder v. Shell Oil Company (2023)

    …interest running from the original 2016 petition, rejecting Union Carbide's challenges. An appellate court may disturb a general damages award only after finding the jury abused its vast discretion, and prior awards are compared only…

  12. Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · October 1, 2014 · in the opinion

    Smith v. Union Carbide Corp. (2014)

    …at 3. "In general, a premises owner has a duty of exercising reasonable care for the safety of persons on its premises and a duty of not exposing such persons to unreasonable risks of injury or…

  13. Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri · July 22, 2016 · in the opinion

    Hartfield v. 3M Company (2016)

    …however, because she did not allege that the dealership had knowledge of the defect when it sold the car and state law did not impose on the dealership a general post-sale duty to warn. Id…

  14. Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · February 11, 2015 · in the opinion

    Smith v. Union Carbide Corporation (2015)

    …509 U.S. at 596. As a general rule, questions relating to the basis and sources of an expert's opinion rather than its admissibility should be left for the jury's consideration. United States v…

  15. Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · February 29, 2008 · in the opinion

    Richoux v. Csr Limited (2008)

    …v. Red Cab. Co., 303 U.S. 283, 287 n.10 (1938) (citing Mc Nutt v. General Motors Corp., 298 U.S. 178, 182-189 (1936); Diefenthal v. Civil Aeronautics Board, 681 F.2d 1039 (5th…

  16. Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana · September 30, 2017 · in the opinion

    Leech v. 3M Co. (2017)

    …the removal statute's unanimity requirement, all defendants removing under the general removal statute must join in or consent to removal if they have been "properly joined and served."\[79\] Here, the parties do not dispute…